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Ministry of Defence
Airborne tacticians join Naval Air Arm
At an impressive Passing Out Parade held on 05 Apr 21 at INS Garuda, Kochi, eleven officers of the Indian Navy and two officers of the Indian Coast Guard graduated as Observers. Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM, Flag Officer Sea Training  reviewed the parade and awarded the coveted ‘Golden Wings’ to the passing out officers.
The officers of the 92th Regular were trained in air navigation, flying procedures, tactics employed in air warfare, anti-submarine warfare and exploitation of airborne avionic systems. These officers would serve on-board Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft of the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard.
Lieutenant Ankush Kumar Yadav from the regular observer course was awarded the Uttar Pradesh Trophy on being adjudged ‘First in the Overall Order of Merit’ while Lieutenant Ravinder Nain was awarded the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command Trophy for being adjudged ‘Best in Flying’. Assistant Commandant Ankur Singh Pawar was awarded Sub Lieutenant RV Kunte memorial Book Prize on being adjudged ‘Best in Ground Subjects’.
The occasion also had 04 officers of the Indian Navy being graduated as Qualified Navigation Instructors . The QNIs were trained at imparting instructional techniques on ground and during flying. They were provided in-depth knowledge of tactics and sensor exploitation. These officers would function as Qualified Navigation Instructors at Observer school before proceeding to take up operational assignments at various frontline naval air squadrons. The successful QNIs were also awarded the ‘Instructor Torch’ by FOST.
Ministry of Textiles
Work towards making India the global fashion capital, Union Minister Piyush Goyal urges young NIFT graduates
Mumbai | April 16, 2022
Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal today urged the young NIFT graduates to work towards making India the fashion capital of the world. Addressing the Convocation Ceremony of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai, Shri Goyal said Indian designers and artists have the skill sets and innovative ideas. He added Indian designers including NIFT graduates are doing phenomenal work globally.
Exhorting the graduating students, Union Minister Shri Goyal said, “Each one of you is a dreamer; you come up with new ideas, new designs and new concepts”. Citing the example of local Kolhapuri chappals and Paithani saris, Union Minister further said “the traditional Indian arts and handicrafts have the capability to become global fashion trends”.
Shri Goyal said, “as students of design, each one of you represent a deep sensitivity. It will be showcased in the quality of your work and how you treat your workmen, weavers and ensure that they get a fair value for their work”. The Minister said that the expectation from NIFT graduates is to maintain high standards and ethics.
Lauding the talent of the NIFT students, the Textiles Minister said many of the NIFT graduates would soon start designing for the Bollywood.
Union Minister Shri Goyal observed that the Bachelors of Fashion Technology, Master of Fashion Technology and Masters of Fashion Management have been recognized by the UGC. He said, “UGC recognized technical degrees will help you to get better opportunities for higher studies across the world”. Uniformed standardization of all courses will help to increase the educational value for the students, he added.
Shri Goya appealed to students to give back to their alma mater and the nation. He informed that the NIFT was going to start certificate courses for handloom weavers, handicraft artisans and others. He requested students to help the institution in designing the courses and mentoring the artists. He said, “Do consider giving back to those who do not get a chance of a high-quality education”. “Maybe adopt a cluster of weavers, consider up-skilling your workmen, educate them to do better work, help them improve their income by better designs, packaging, marketing, branding”, he added.
Degrees were awarded to 627 students who completed the course in 2020 and 2021. Students who excelled in various courses were honored with medals, certificates and prizes.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to address inaugural session of Global Buddhist Summit on 20th April
Theme of the Summit - “Responses to Contemporary Challenges : Philosophy to Praxis”
Summit to witness participation of eminent scholars, Sangha leaders and Dharma practitioners from all over the world
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Global Buddhist Summit on 20th April, 2023 at 10 AM at Hotel Ashok in Delhi.
The two-day Summit is being hosted by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with International Buddhist Confederation on 20-21 April. The theme of the Global Buddhist Summit is “Responses to Contemporary Challenges : Philosophy to Praxis”.
The Summit is an effort towards engaging the global Buddhist Dhamma leadership and scholars on matters of Buddhist and universal concerns, and to come up with policy inputs to address them collectively. The discussion in the Summit will explore how the Buddha Dhamma’s fundamental values can provide inspiration and guidance in contemporary settings.
The Summit will witness participation of eminent scholars, Sangha leaders and Dharma practitioners from all over the world, who will discuss pressing global issues and look for answers in the Buddha Dhamma that is based on universal values. The discussions will be held under four themes: Buddha Dhamma and Peace; Buddha Dhamma: Environmental Crisis, Health and Sustainability; Preservation of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition; Buddha Dhamma Pilgrimage, Living heritage and Buddha Relics: a resilient foundation to India’s centuries-old cultural links to countries in South, South-East and East Asia.
Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan participates in the dialogue with Group of Eight Australian Universities
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan called for strengthening Australia-India research collaboration
Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan todayheld discussionswith academic leaders of the top Group of Eight  Australian Universities on building successful Australia-India research collaborations.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister reiterated Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’smantra of‘Jai Anusandhan’ which he added to the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan, Jai Vigyan’in his 76th Independence Day.He said that this will be a pièce de résistance and form the bedrock of India’s economic growth in the coming decade and beyond.The Minister shared India’s determination to pool every bit of her resource to make this decade as India’s Techade as well as for becoming self-reliant. Strengthening research collaborations with India is a win-win for all, he added.
Shri Pradhan further said that India and Australia have a promising research partnership. He welcomed the Group of Eight universities for further intensifying our research collaborations as well as embracing new opportunities for fulfilling mutual and national priorities and for providing scalable solutions to global challenges.
The Minister also interacted with the representatives of Australian Government academicians of Monash University and members of Australia Indian Chamber of Commerce at the dialogue on ‘Emerging Opportunities for Collaboration in Education, Research and Skill Sectors’. The Minister said that the Prime Minister has stressed on evidence-based research and has given the mantra of ‘Lab-to-Land’ and ‘Land-to-Lab’ for ensuring progress, welfare and well-being of mankind. India is vigorously making efforts to inculcate curiosity-driven research and innovation at all levels, he further added.
Shri Pradhan also had a lively interaction with Indian students studying in Melbourne. He was happy to learn about their academic experiences and said that he was enriched by their ideas on establishing India as a knowledge superpower.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
DD News crosses 4 Mn Subscribers on YouTube, Prasar Bharati gains total of 15 Mn since 2017
In keeping with the changing broadcasting landscape, technology and viewers’ demand, Prasar Bharati’s digital platforms across Doordarshan and All India Radio have evolved over past few years, in turn, growing manifold in terms of subscribers, followers, likes and views.
In one recent milestone, DD News has crossed 4 Million Subscribers on its YouTube channel. Last month in July, DD National had achieved the 4 Million Subscribers feat.
Between 2017 and 2021 , Doordarshan and All India Radio across both News and General Infotainment have added a cumulative of more than 15 Million Digital Subscribers on YouTube alone, to reach a current digital subscriber base of 1.73 Crores .
While the YouTube channels of DD News and DD National are leading the pack with multi-Million subscribers, Prasar Bharati Sports and DD Kisan YouTube channels will soon join the Million+ Subscribers league. All India Radio’s National News YouTube channel, News On Air Official, is at the top among the YouTube channels of the AIR Network.
Among the regional channels, DD Chandana , DD Sahyadri , DD Saptagiri , DD Bangla, DD Girnar , AIR Imphal and North East service of All India Radio have registered significant presence on YouTube with subscribers in Lakhs.
If we take a look at the year-wise subscriber growth of these top 10 channels, we will find that the growth trajectory starts rising in 2017 and continues the upward trend. Lifetime growth graph of the two top channels DD National and DD News corroborates the same.
Year-wise break-up of subscriber growth of these channels shows their ascending growth in the subsequent years between 2018 and 2020.
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President's Secretariat
Envoys of Five Nations Present Credentials to President of India
Ambassadors of Denmark, France, European Union, Mexico and Kazakhstan presented credentials to the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
The envoys who presented their credentials were: -
1. Mr Freddy Svane, Ambassador of Denmark
2. Mr Emannuel Lenain, Ambassador of France
3. Mr Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European Union
4. Mr Federico Salas Lotfe, Ambassador of Mexico
5. Mr Yerlan Alimbayev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Aakashvani Sangeet Sammelan will henceforth be called Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan
Pune: 6 February 2021
The prestigious Akashvani Music Festival, will hereinfter be named after Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar made this announcement at a Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Centenary Commemorative function organized in Pune today.
All India Radio, besides its regular music broadcasts, has endeared itself to its classical music listeners by organizing the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, in which prominent artistes from across the country perform.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Javadekar said "Doordarshan and All India Radio have opened the doors of huge musical treasure of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi to the general public. These recordings are now available on YouTube and the Ministry of I&B is making efforts to reach them to larger audience across the country.
"Music has many forms and it has power to motivate us. Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal could function for 67 years without break because of the blessings of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Pandit ji was dear to one and all. The way he performed for shows in foreign countries similarly he performed for people of all the strata of life", reminisced Shri Javadekar on this occasion.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was conferred the Bharat Ratna award in 2009.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 at Gadag, then part of Dharwad district of Karnataka. Pune was his Karmabhoomi where he attained fame as a pre-eminent exponent of the Khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music - bhajans and abhangs.
Senior leader Sharad Pawar and Shri Vinay Sahasrabuddhe were also present on this occasion.
Pandit Joshj's disciples Upendra Bhat and Anand Bhate performed on this occasion.
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Ministry of Earth Sciences
India marks four successful decades of scientific endeavourin Antarctica with the return of the 40th Scientific Expedition to Antarctica in April 2021
The 40th Scientific Expedition to Antarctica  hosted by the Ministry of Earth Sciences successfully returned to Cape Town on April 10, 2021, after completing a journey of ~12 thousand nautical miles in 94 days, including stopovers. This achievement concludes four successful decades of India's scientific endeavour in the continent of peace and cooperation.
The 40-ISEA comprised Indian scientists, engineers, doctors, and technicians, who began their journey from the Mormugao Port of Goa to Antarctica on January 07, 2021. The team reached its destination station Bharati on February 27, 2021, and Maitri on March 08, 2021. Bharati and Maitri are India's permanent research base stations in Antarctica. The stations are approachable only during the austral summer season between November and March. On its way to Antarctica, the voyage team deployed four autonomous Ocean Observing DWS  wave drifters between 35-degree and 50-degree south latitudes in collaboration with Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services  Hyderabad. The drifters would transmit real-time data of spectral characteristics of waves, sea surface temperatures, and sea-level atmospheric pressure to INCOIS, Hyderabad, which will help validate weather predictions in a big way.
The 40-ISEA was onboard the MV VasiliyGolovnin, a chartered ice-class vessel. It made stopovers at Cape Town for picking up helicopters and replenishing fuel and provisions and at the Indian research bases Bharati and Maitri for resupply and changeover of winter crew. The expedition positioned a team of 20 personnel at Bharati led by Mr Atul Suresh Kulkarni from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism and 21 personnel at Maitri led by Mr Ravindra Santosh More from the Indian Meteorological Department.
In the spirit of international cooperation in Antarctic science, MV VasiliyGolovnin took a slight denture while returning to Cape Town in March 2021 and successfully retrieved two remotely operated Norwegian Ocean observing instruments  at ~67 degrees South. These Ocean observing systems deployed during the onward journey and retrieval during the return voyage will help to fill in the gaps of the scantily available information in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean.
The 40-ISEA was conducted under innumerable challenges due to the persisting Corona virus pandemic. Necessary measures were taken to keep the Antarctic free of coronavirus. The team was subjected to a stringent medical examination by the Goa Medical College before departure and was quarantined for 14 days before boarding the ship.
After accomplishing several scientific objectives, changeover of winter crew, and Bharati and Maitri's resupply,the 40-ISEA Indian contingent returned to Cape Town on April 10, 2021, marking four decades of success of the country's scientific endeavour in Antarctica.
Special Service and Features
Stenographer Grade ‘C’ &‘D’ Examination, 2020 
Staff Selection Commission will be conducting Stenographer Grade ‘C’ and ‘D’ Examination, 2020  in Computer Based Mode.
In Southern Region, 49,609 candidates have been admitted for the examination. The examination will be held in 22 venues at 13 Centres/Cities viz. Guntur, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi, Vijayawada & Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad & Warangal in Telangana Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli & Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu,.
In Southern Region, the examination will be held on 3 days on 11.11.2021, 12.11.2021 and 15.11.2021. There will be 2 Shifts in a day – 1st Shift from 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM and 2nd Shift from 02:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Facility to download e-Admission Certificates will be provided in our website in such a way that candidates can download the same only 4 days before their actual date of examination and all the subsequent days till their date of examination. These details are also intimated to the candidates through SMS to their mobile numbers and e-mail to their mail IDs as provided by them in their online applications.
Prohibited items such as watches, books, paper chits, magazines and electronic gadgets  are strictly not allowed in the examination hall. If any such item is found in possession of a candidate in the examination hall, his/her candidature is liable to be cancelled and legal/criminal proceedings could be initiated against him/her. He/she would also be liable to be debarred from appearing in future examination of the Commission for a period of 3-7 years. Candidates are, therefore, strictly advised not to bring prohibited items and bags into the Examination Venue.
Candidates are further requested to note that they shall not be permitted to attend the examination without e-Admission Certificate and Original Valid Identity Proof as enumerated in the Instructions attached with e-Admission Certificate. All candidates are, therefore, requested to download their e-Admission Certificate without fail. For further queries/clarifications, candidates may contact Southern Regional Office Helpline Numbers 
The Commission has taken necessary precautions in view of Covid-19 and the candidates are requested to follow the instructions given in e-Admission Certificate regarding Covid-19 scrupulously for safe and smooth conduct of Examination.
This is stated in a Press release issued by Shri K Nagaraja, Jt.Secretary and Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission , Chennai.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
COMPLAINTS UNDER SHE-BOX
The Government has enacted ‘The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace  Act, 2013’  which aims to provide protection to women against sexual harassment at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints related to it for all women, irrespective of their age, employment status or nature of work whether working in public or private, organized or unorganized sector.. The Act entrusts respective ‘appropriate Governments’ with the responsibility of monitoring implementation of the Act as well as for maintaining data on the number of cases filed and disposed of in respect of all cases of sexual harassment of women at workplace. As per the Act, the Appropriate Government in relation to those workplaces which are established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the Central Government or a Union Territory Administration, is Central Government and in relation to workplaces which are established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by any State Government, the appropriate Government is that State Government. Further, in relation to any other workplace falling within its territory, the appropriate Government is also that State Government.
However, to facilitate lodging of complaints under the Act, the Ministry of Women and Child Development  has developed an online complaint portal titled Sexual Harassment Electronic Box  to facilitate the registration of complaints related to sexual harassment of women at work place. Once a complaint is registered in the SHe-Box, it directly reaches the concerned authorities having jurisdiction to take action in the matter. The responsibility to take action on such complaints as well as to ensure updating of status in that regard on SHe Box, is with the concerned authorities. State/ UT-wise details of number of sexual harassment complaints received in respect of workplaces in Private sector / State Government / UT Administrations on SHe-Box since its inception is at Annexure.
MWCD has issued advisories to States/ UTs and the Central Ministries/ Departments from time to time for strict implementation of the Act so as to create women friendly work environment
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet condoles the sad demise of Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
State funeral to be accorded to the departed dignitary
The Union Cabinet condoled the sad demise of Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Cabinet also observed silence for two minutes in the memory of Shri Ramvilas Paswan.
The Cabinet approved state funeral to be accorded for Shri Ramvilas Paswan.
The Cabinet today passed the following resolution:
“The Cabinet expresses profound sorrow at the sad demise of Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
In his passing away, the nation has lost an eminent leader, a distinguished parliamentarian and an able administrator.
Born on 5th July 1946 at Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria , Shri Ramvilas Paswan was educated at Kosi College, Khagaria and Patna University, Patna. He obtained degrees in Master of Arts  and Bachelor of Law . He was also conferred Degree of D.Litt.  by Bundelkhand University, Jhansi .
Shri Ramvilas Paswan was one of the most popular leaders from Bihar and enjoyed strong mass support. He was elected to Bihar State Legislative assembly in 1969 as a member of Samyukta Socialist Party. Thereafter, he was elected as a member of the 6th Lok Sabha from Hajipur constituency in 1977 by a record margin. Shri Paswan was re-elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980 and 8th Lok Sabha in 1984. He was re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and was appointed as Union Minister for Labour and Welfare. In 1996, he became Minister for Railways and continued to hold the post till 1998. Thereafter, he served as Minister for Communications from October, 1999 to September, 2001 when he was made Minister of Coal and Mines, the portfolio he held till April, 2002. After 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, Shri Paswan joined the United Progressive Alliance Government and was made Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Steel.
Shri Paswan was elected to 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 and served as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. In 2019, Shri Paswan was elected to Rajya Sabha and continued as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Shri Paswan was the voice of the oppressed and always championed the cause of marginalized sections of the society.
The cabinet extends its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family on behalf of the Government and the entire nation.”